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Students  of  the  United  States 
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AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSION  SOCIETY 
WOMAN’S  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSION  SOCIETY 

FORD  BUILDING,  BOSTON,  MASS. 

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A  Summons  to  a  Larger  Task 


THE  greatest  contribution  to  the  winning  of  the  war  was 
made  by  American  colleges.  It  was  a  war  of  scientists. 
American  educational  institutions  furnished  the  engineers, 
the  chemists  and  army  physicians,  the  ordnance  experts, 
as  well  as  a  great  proportion  of  officers  in  the  line  and  staff. 
The  records  of  Yale,  Harvard,  Chicago  with  from  one-fourth  to 
one-third  of  their  living  alumni  in  the  military  forces  of  the  coun¬ 
try,  were  typical  of  the  service  rendered  by  the  colleges  in  gen¬ 
eral.  Prior  to  the  signing  of  the  armistice,  practically  every 
college  was  fully  mobilized  for  participation  in  the  war. 

Now  that  the  great  conflict  is  ended,  we  face  the  larger  tasks 
of  reconstruction  and  peace.  Thousands  of  students  regret 
that  the  opportunity  of  overseas  service,  of  offering  their  lives 
for  the  great  cause,  has  been  denied  them.  Let  them  not 
despair,  for  they  are  being  summoned  now  to  a  more  difficult 
duty.  It  is  much  easier  to  prepare  for  war  than  to  re-establish 
peace.  A  plowshare  becomes  a  sword  much  more  readily 
than  a  sword  becomes  a  plowshare.  While  a  peace  league  of 
nations  represents  a  tremendous  advance  step  in  world  unity 
and  solidarity,  it  is  nevertheless  true  that  international  brother¬ 
hood  and  world  democracy  can  not  be  changed  from  theories 
into  accomplished  facts  until  the  democratic  ideals  of  Jesus 
Christ  have  been  made  the  basis  of  international  relationships. 

To  this  greater  task  of  building  a  Christian  democracy  the 
church  of  Christ  must  now  call  the  students  of  America.  It  is 
proposing  a  world  student  fellowship- — an  opportunity  whereby 
students  in  America  can  give  to  the  students  of  other  lands 


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those  same  Christian  ideals  which  have  been  the  heritage  of 
all  that  is  best  in  American  college  life.  There  are  two  Yales — 
one  in  America  and  the  other  in  China.  The  former  established 
the  latter  in  1906,  and  the  latter  has  already  come  to  be  recog¬ 
nized  throughout  China  as  a  great  exponent  of  civic  responsi¬ 
bility,  of  democratic  ideals,  of  true  manhood,  of  genuine 
Christianity.  Unless  these  ideals  are  known  and  accepted  by 
the  nations  of  the  earth,  we  can  not  hope  for  permanent  peace. 
Unless  the  college  men  of  America  contribute  to  this  task  the 
same  unselfish  service,  sacrifice  and  enthusiasm  with  which 
they  entered  the  war,  its  accomplishment  must  be  indefinitely 
delayed. 

At  the  Student  Volunteer  Conference  held  at  Northfield  in 
January,  1918,  representatives  from  the  colleges  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada  planned  a  program  on  the  basis  of  which 
American  students  would  be  called  upon  to  join  in  a  vigorous 
campaign  for  Christian  world  democracy.  These  leaders  were 
already  looking  forward  to  the  dawn  of  peace,  even  though  at 
that  time  the  world  was  still  in  the  darkest  midnight  of  its 
terrible  war.  Included  in  that  program  was  the  following: 

To  secure  at  least  one-half  million  dollars  during  the  acade?nic 
year  1918-1919  for  the  foreign  ?nission  progra?n  of  the  church  and 
to  secure  such  funds  as  may  be  necessary  to  meet  the  7ieed  arising 
from  the  war  situation  in  1918. 

It  is  proposed  to  call  this  the  world  fellowship  fund.  The 
missionary  boards  of  the  church  are  to  cooperate  with  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  and  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  in  presenting  this  need  to  the  students 
in  our  colleges. 

In  the  following  pages  are  presented  a  list  of  institutions  under 
the  direction  of  the  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 
and  the  Woman’s  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society, 


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also  definite  objects  for  which  money  is  now  required  and  which 
are  in  the  interest  of  student  life  in  the  Orient.  The  work  of 
these  institutions  is  a  vital  part  of  the  “Christian  Campaign  for 
International  Goodwill. ”  The  military  campaign  for  this  great 
purpose  has  ended.  The  more  peaceful  means  of  conducting 
this  world  campaign  must  continue. 

The  ultimate  aim  of  Christian  missions  is  to  bring  the  whole 
world  under  the  sway  of  the  principles  and  spirit  of  Jesus.  Its 
goal  is  a  human  race ,  living  in  peace  one  with  another  and  in 
fellowship  with  the  universal  Father  as  revealed  in  his  Son ,  Jesus 
Christ.  It  is  a  task  that  calls  for  sacrifice ,  devotion  of  lives ,  con¬ 
secration  of  means ,  and  for  boundless  enthusiasm  and  courage. — 
Frof.  E.  D.  Burton ,  D.D. 

To  this  noble  purpose  we  seek  to  enlist  the  students  in  our 
American  colleges  in  behalf  of  the  students  of  other  lands. 


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japan 


CHRISTIAN  education  is  necessary  in  Japan  because  the 
elaborate  government  educational  system,  since  Japan  is 
a  non-Christian  country,  makes  no  provision  for  the  teaching 
of  Christian  ideals.  In  view  of  Japan’s  place  in  world  civiliza¬ 
tion,  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  that  the  nation  shall  be 
Christianized.  The  most  effective  method  is  to  reach  the 
young  men  in  the  schools  and  colleges  of  Japan.  The  future 
leaders  of  the  Orient  are  today  in  the  great  universities.  No 
missionary  undertaking  has  so  much  promise  for  the  future  as 
the  effort  to  reach  the  great  student  population. 


Dr.  H.  B.  BenninghofF  and  a  Student  Bible  Class  at  Waseda  University 


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TOKYO 

Waseda  University 
Dormitories  (2  at  $18 poo  each)  :  $36  poo 

This  great  university  now  enrols  more  than  ten  thousand 
students,  who  come  from  all  parts  of  the  Japanese  Empire. 
Within  a  few  years  they  will  be  leaders  in  all  departments  of 
Japanese  life.  Through  dormitories  already  established,  our 
missionary,  Dr.  H.  B.  Benninghoff,  has  done  a  remarkable  work 
in  bringing  Christianity  before  these  college  boys  in  a  tangible, 
definite  way,  and  in  reclaiming  the  morals  of  student  life.  The 
university  is  so  well  pleased  with  his  work  that  we  have  been 
requested  to  build  two  additional  dormitories.  Dr.  Benning- 
hoff’s  opportunity  for  religious  teaching  ought  not  to  be  limited 
by  a  lack  of  dormitories. 

Waseda  University 

Japanese  assistant  to  Dr.  Benninghoff  :  $180 

A  capable  assistant  to  Dr.  Benninghoff  in  his  important 
work  among  the  students  of  Waseda  University  can  be  secured 
for  $180  for  the  college  year. 

Waseda  University 
Dormitory  equipment  :  $500 

The  present  dormitories  have  been  established  for  a  number 
of  years,  and  owing  to  their  over-crowded  condition  are  greatly 
in  need  of  additional  equipment  and  furnishings. 

Waseda  University 

Annual  appropriation  for  work  among  students  :  $300 

The  salary  of  the  missionary,  Dr.  H.  B.  Benninghoff,  is  pro¬ 
vided  each  year  by  a  well-known  Baptist  church  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.  An  additional  $300  per  year  is  needed  to  care  for  the 
miscellaneous  expenses  in  connection  with  Dr.  Benninghoff’s 
work. 


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Waseda  University 
Proposed  new  hostel :  $6 poo 

A  hostel  or  dormitory  under  Christian  auspices  is  greatly 
needed  at  Karuizawa  for  government  students  attending 
Waseda  University. 

Japan  Baptist  Theological  Seminary 

Annual  maintenance  $2,000 

Salaries  of  teachers  (4  at  $500  each)  2,000 
Financial  aid  to  students  goo 

The  japan  Baptist  Theological  Seminary  for  many  years  has 
been  training  Christian  leaders  for  their  important  work  as 
pastors  of  Japanese  churches.  These  men  are  usually  graduates 
of  some  recognized  Japanese  university,  and  come  to  the  Semi¬ 
nary  for  their  divinity  course,  even  as  graduates  of  American 


These  children  in  a  kindergarten  at  Tokyo  are  asking  for  a  new  building 


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colleges  take  their  divinity  courses  at  recognized  American 
seminaries.  At  the  present  time  there  are  twenty-three  students 
enrolled  in  this  institution. 


Kindergarten  Work 
Two  new  buildings:  $10,000 

Kindergarten  work  is  fascinating  everywhere,  particu¬ 
larly  in  Japan.  Many  Japanese  homes  are  reached  by  mis¬ 
sionaries  because  of  their  solicitude  and  care  for  the  little  chil¬ 
dren.  Two  kindergartens  in  Tokyo  are  trying  to  do  their  work 
in  poorly  ventilated  buildings.  Properly  housed  in  light,  airy, 
comfortable  buildings  they  could  render  a  tremendous  service. 
Two  new  buildings  should  be  located  immediately,  at  a  cost  of 
$5,000  each.  It  is  hoped  that  these  may  be  erected  near  two 
new  church  buildings  and,  therefore,  be  of  tremendous  service  in 
extending  the  ministry  of  the  churches. 

HIMEJI  Piano  needed:  $200 

At  the  Christian  school  for  girls  maintained  by  the  Woman’s 
Board  a  piano  is  urgently  needed.  One  can  be  furnished  at  a 
cost  of  $200. 


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CHINA 


THREE  missions  are  maintained  by  Baptists  in  China,  lo¬ 
cated  in  East  China,  South  China  and  West  China.  The 
educational  need  is  simply  appalling.  Only  ten  per  cent  of  the 
entire  population  of  four  hundred  million  are  able  to  read  and 
write.  One  million  teachers  are  needed  for  the  Chinese  schools, 
but  unfortunately  the  government  is  unable  to  supply  them. 
Upon  the  missionary  enterprise  and  the  Christian  church,  there¬ 
fore,  fall  the  responsibility  to  provide  Christian  education  in 
this  great  country,  which  is  destined  to  take  an  important 
place  in  the  world  democracy  of  the  future. 


WEST  CHINA 


CHENGTU 

West  China  Union  University 

Northern  Baptist  allotment  for  annual  maintenance  $2,500 
Equipment  for  scieyitific  and  medical  laboratories  1,000 
Financial  aid  for  Baptist  students  t->300 

The  West  China  Union  University  is  one  of  the  outstanding 
educational  institutions  in  the  Far  East.  It  occupies  a  very 
handsome  campus  in  the  city  of  Chengtu,  and  new  build¬ 
ings  are  constantly  being  added.  The  faculty  consists  of  53 
teachers,  of  whom  24  are  foreigners  and  29  Chinese,  while  the 
present  enrolment  is  421  students.  Baptists  cooperate  with 
the  Canadian  Methodist  Mission,  the  Friends’  Foreign  Mis¬ 
sionary  Association  (English)  and  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Mission  for  the  annual  maintenance  of  this  institiuon.  In 
addition  to  the  annual  maintenance  expense,  financial  aid  is 
furnished  to  Baptist  students  each  year. 


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YACHOWFU 

Higher  Primary  Schools 

Salaries  of  teachers  (4  at  $135  each)  $340 
Financial  aid  to  students  130 

Practically  every  mission  station  maintains  higher  pri¬ 
mary  schools,  which  serve  as  feeders  to  the  larger  preparatory 
schools  and  colleges. 


Girls’  School 
New  dormitory:  $3,000 

Two  years  ago  a  girls’  school  was  opened  in  Yachowfu,  the 
last  big  town  on  the  military  road  to  Tibet.  Sixty-five  girls 
are  now  enrolled,  and  the  school  uses  some  old  buildings.  The 
boarding  capacity  is  exhausted  and  no  further  development  is 
possible  until  a  new  dormitory  has  been  provided. 


SUIFU 

Annual  7naintenance  of  Monroe  Academy :  $1,690 

Monroe  Academy  is  an  important  preparatory  school,  which 
endeavors  to  provide  a  thorough  Christian  education,  not  only 
for  Chinese  boys  who  can  not  go  beyond  the  preparatory  school 
stage,  but  also  for  those  looking  forward  to  the  full  university 
course  at  Chengtu.  At  the  present  time  seventy  students 
are  enrolled  in  this  institution. 

Girls’  School 

New  high  school  building:  $10,000 

There  is  no  high  school  for  girls  in  the  entire  West  China 
Baptist  Mission.  A  building  should  be  erected  in  Suifu,  in 
order  to  provide  this  higher  education  for  the  girls  who  are  now 
attending  the  preparatory  schools  in  the  various  stations  of  the 
West  China  Mission. 


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A  Daily  Clinic  in  a  Woman’s  Hospital  in  China 


Woman’s  Hospital 


Main  Building 

$12,000 

Furnishing  and  equipment 

3,000 

Outbuildings ,  wells ,  etc. 

1,600 

Residence  for  doctor  and  nurse 

4,000 

Isolation  ward 

2,000 

Maternity  ward 

24/00 

Ho?ne  for  Chinese  nurses 

24/00 

$28,000 

In  the  entire  province  of  Szchuan,  with  a  population  of 
sixty  million,  there  are  only  two  hospitals  for  women  and  chil¬ 
dren.  In  the  city  of  Suifu,  with  a  population  of  two  hundred 
thousand,  there  is  one  general  hospital  and  no  hospital  for 
women  and  children.  There  is,  therefore,  an  enormous  need  of 


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medical  work  for  women  and  children  and  a  woman’s  hospital  at 
Suifu  should  be  provided  at  the  earliest  opportunity. 

Medical  supplies  :  $95 

Dr.  Carrie  Slaght,  of  Kalamazoo  and  Rush  Medical  College, 
is  studying  the  language  at  Chengtu.  During  this  year,  she 
needs  medical  supplies  to  enable  her  to  render  effective  help 
when  the  need  arises,  in  a  city  where  there  are  few  doctors. 

EAST  CHINA 


SHANGHAI 

Shanghai  Baptist  College 

New  dormitory  $30,000 

Financial  aid  to  students  1,600 


The  present  campus  o:  Shanghai  Baptist  College 


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The  city  of  Shanghai  is  the  political,  commercial  and  intel¬ 
lectual  center  of  China.  On  a  magnificent  site,  overlooking 
the  river,  Northern  Baptists,  in  cooperation  with  Southern 
Baptists,  maintain  the  Shanghai  Baptist  College.  The  campus 
is  in  full  view  of  every  ship  which  enters  or  leaves  the  city. 
At  the  present  time  255  students  are  enrolled,  while  the  dor¬ 
mitory  capacity  is  only  no.  To  keep  pace  with  the  remark¬ 
able  growth  and  enrolment,  a  new  dormitory  must  be  provided 
immediately.  Students  are  attracted  to  this  institution  from 
all  parts  of  China.  Its  graduates  are  accepted  in  junior  classes 
in  American  universities.  Yale,  Chicago,  Brown  and  Colum¬ 
bia  have  Shanghai  Baptist  College  graduates  enrolled  this  year. 


The  new  Haskell  Gymnasium  at  Shanghai  Baptist  College 


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A  kindergarten  in  a  Chinese  girls’  school,  which  needs  a  new  building 


HANGCHOW 

Wayland  Academy 

A d m i n i strati o n  building  with  equipment  $50,000 
Annual  inaintenance  3, 000 

Wayland  Academy,  at  Hangchow,  is  another  important 
preparatory  school  for  Chinese  boys.  For  many  years  this 
institution  has  sent  its  graduates  into  the  larger  colleges  or  out 
into  the  commercial  life  of  China.  The  old  buildings  and  equip¬ 
ment  are  totally  inadequate  for  present  needs,  and  a  new  ad¬ 
ministration  building,  with  class  rooms,  offices,  lecture  halls, 
etc.,  should  be  provided  at  the  earliest  opportunity. 

Girls’  School 

New  day  school  building:  $2,500 

At  the  present  time  a  girls’  day  school  in  Hangchow  is 
meeting  in  an  old,  dark,  poorly  ventilated  Chinese  building,  for 


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which  $300  is  being  paid  each  year  for  rent.  The  amount  in¬ 
dicated  above  would  erect  a  building  for  the  school  and  save 
this  annual  rental. 

NINGPO 

Ningpo  Boys’  Academy 

Additional  land  required  $22,000 

Dormitory  and  equipment  2$, 000 

Ad?ninistration  building  and  equipynent  30,000 

Annual  ynaintenance  2,4.00 

Ningpo  Academy  in  East  China  is  one  of  the  most  promis¬ 

ing  secondary  schools  on  any  mission  field.  Its  opportunity 
for  reaching  the  boys  of  China  is  immense.  Its  equipment  is 
fearfully  inadequate.  It  occupies  a  single  building  of  small 
dimensions  erected  more  than  fifty  years  ago.  It  is  situated 
on  a  plot  of  ground  hardly  large  enough  for  a  kindergarten. 


A  group  of  Chinese  school  girls  meeting  in  a  sewing  class 


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In  this  building  are  gathered  so  many  boys  that,  according  to 
the  minimum  requirements  of  the  housing  laws  for  air  space, 
three  students  are  living  where  only  one  should  live. 

Girls’  School 

Additional  land  needed  :  $15 poo 

The  Baptist  girls’  school,  with  one  hundred  students,  is 
the  only  institution  for  girls  in  Ningpo  with  a  high  school  de¬ 
partment.  Frequently  two  classes  are  obliged  to  recite  in 
one  room  at  the  same  time.  A  new  site  can  be  secured  which 
will  provide  plenty  of  ground  for  expansion. 

SHAOHSING 


Day  School  and  Kindergarten 
New  building:  $2,500 

A  situation  similar  to  that  at  Hangchow  exists  at  Shaohsing, 
where  the  day  school  and  kindergarten  maintained  by  the 
Woman’s  Board  is  greatly  over-crowded. 


SOUTH  CHINA 


KAYING 

Boys’  Academy 

Additional  land  for  academy  and  grammar  school  $ 8,000 
Dormitory  5  A00 

Administration  building  jo,ooo 

The  BOYs’academy  at  Kaying  has  had  a  phenomenal  growth. 
Four  years  ago  there  were  only  fifty  pupils.  In  1915,  the 
enrolment  had  increased  to  183,  and  last  year  339  pupils  were 
receiving  a  Christian  education  at  this  important  preparatory 
school.  Additional  equipment  mentioned  above  represents  one 
of  the  greatest  needs  on  the  foreign  field  today. 


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The  Rhoda  Roblee  Barker  Memorial  School  at  Hopo,  South  China.  Schools  with  such 
equipment  can  render  tremendous  service  for  Christian  education  in  China 


Women’s  Residence 
Residence  for  women  missionaries  :  $6,500 

Two  able  missionaries  of  the  Woman’s  Board  are  trying  to 
serve  in  Kaying  without  a  home.  Kind  friends  have  thus  far 
cheerfully  accepted  over-crowded  conditions  in  order  to  accom¬ 
modate  them.  An  adequate  house  is  offered  for  sale  at  $6,5 00, 
and  this  offer  should  be  accepted  immediately. 

UNGKUNG 

Boys’  Grammar  School 
New  administration  building  :  $8,000 

An  earthquake  in  South  China  completely  destroyed  the 
government  grammar  school  for  boys  in  the  city  of  Ungkung. 


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Our  Baptist  school,  therefore,  has  no  competitor  in  furnishing 
an  education  to  Chinese  boys.  The  government  will  give  this 
school  official  recognition  if  additional  equipment,  consisting 
of  a  new  building,  is  provided. 

SWATOW 

Baptist  Theological  Seminary 
Annual  maintenance  :  $2,000 

A  theological  seminary  is  maintained  at  Swatow  for  the 
training  of  Chinese  preachers.  The  amount  indicated  above 
represents  the  cost  of  the  annual  maintenance  of  this  institution. 


South  China  Baptist  Academy 

New  administration  building  $40,000 
Dormitory  10,000 

Annual  maintenance  3A5° 

The  South  China  Baptist  Academy  is  another  important 
preparatory  school  for  the  training  of  Chinese  boys.  A  tre¬ 
mendous  increase  in  enrolment  has  been  reported  in  recent 
years,  and  the  institution  has  entirely  outgrown  its  present 
equipment.  American  college  students  can  render  distin¬ 
guished  service  to  the  students  of  China  by  providing  a  new 
administration  building  and  new  dormitory  as  well  as  making 
possible  the  annual  maintenance  of  the  institution. 

Girls’  High  School 
New  building:  $18,650 

The  girls’  school  at  Swatow  is  the  central  institution  for 
girls  in  the  entire  South  China  Mission.  With  this  greatly 
needed  new  building  and  better  equipment,  the  mission  will 
be  able  to  train  its  own  teachers  for  primary  and  elementary 
schools  and  thus  provide  a  Christian  education  for  thousands 
of  Chinese  girls. 


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A  damaged  house  at  Swatow,  showing  the  effect  of  the  earthquake  and  the  need 

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SWATOW 

Reconstruction  Plans 

Repairs  needed  owing  to  destructive  earthquake  $10^00 
New  residence  for  women  missionaries  iopoo 

Annex  to  present  missionary  residence  4^200 

On  Wednesday  afternoon,  February  13,  1918,  the  whole 
province  of  South  China  was  shaken  by  a  destructive  earth- 


Architect’s  sketch  of  the  proposed  new  residence  for  women  missionaries  at  Swatow 


quake.  More  than  a  thousand  people  lost  their  lives,  while 
the  property  damage  involved  a  total  of  millions.  Practi¬ 
cally  all  the  mission  property  at  Swatow  needs  repairs  and  a 
new  residence  for  women  missionaries  should  be  erected  at  the 
earliest  opportunity.  In  order  to  withstand  future  earth¬ 
quake  shocks  it  must  be  constructed  of  reenforced  concrete. 
The  annex  to  our  present  missionary  residence  is  needed, 
owing  to  over-crowded  conditions  and  an  increase  in  the  mis¬ 
sionary  staff. 


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HOPO 


Girls’  School 
New  building:  $6,000 


Twenty-five  girls  are  enrolled,  with  twenty  more  on  the 
waiting  list,  at  this  school  at  Hopo.  These  girls  live,  eat,  re¬ 
cite  and  sleep  in  small  rooms  at  the  rear  end  of  the  chapel. 
They  have  no  suitable  dormitory,  no  class  rooms,  no  gymna¬ 
sium,  no  playground.  A  school  building  is  urgently  needed. 


INDIA 


NOTWITHSTANDING  the  tremendous  service  which  the 
British  Government  has  rendered  to  the  people  of  India, 
the  educational  problem  is  still  most  acute.  Only  one  out  of 
every  six  children  of  school  age  is  attending  school.  Only 
ten  per  cent  of  the  male  population  can  read  or  write,  while 
statistics  for  women  show  that  ninety-nine  women  out  of  every 
hundred  are  illiterate.  Baptists  are  trying  to  do  their  share 
for  the  evangelization  of  India  in  four  of  the  provinces,  namely, 
Burma,  Assam,  Bengal-Orissa  and  South  India.  Christian 
education  receives  tremendous  emphasis  in  the  primary  schools, 
higher  institutions,  colleges  and  theological  seminaries. 


BURMA 

RANGOON 

Rangoon  Baptist  College 
New  dining  hall  $5,000 
Annual  maintenance  56/43 

Rangoon  Baptist  College  is  one  of  the  outstanding  educa¬ 
tional  institutions  in  Burma.  Action  has  been  taken  recently 


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The  Cushing  Memorial  Buildings  of  Rangoon  College 


whereby  the  college  becomes  a  constituent  part  of  the  new 
government  university.  At  the  present  time  the  enrolment 
is  about  1500,  while  the  faculty  consists  of  10  American  and 
67  Burman  teachers.  Graduates  of  this  college  are  found  in 
all  sections  of  Burma,  occupying  influential  places  of  leader¬ 
ship.  A  new  dining  hall  is  urgently  needed. 

KEMENDINE 

Burman  Girls’  High  and  Normal  School 
Dormitory  :  $9,560 

Coeducation  in  Burman  schools  has  recently  been  pro¬ 
hibited  for  children  over  twelve  years  of  age.  This  has  caused 
great  increases  in  enrolment  in  girls’  schools.  Many  have 
been  turned  away  from  Kemendine  because  of  lack  of  room, 
and  a  new  dormitory  should  be  provided  at  the  earliest  op¬ 
portunity. 


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The  Morton  Lane  Girls’  School  at  Moulmein,  Burma 


MOULMEIN 

Morton  Lane  Girls’  School 

To  complete  new  administration  building  $15 poo 
New  dormitory  and  equipment  6poo 

Similar  over-crowded  conditions  exist  at  Morton  Lane,  where 
the  enrolment  increased  in  one  year  from  307  to  400.  Eighteen 
classes  are  trying  to  meet  in  twelve  class  rooms.  This  is  one 
of  the  finest  schools  for  girls  in  all  the  Orient,  and  needs  this 
additional  equipment  for  continued  service  and  future  growth. 


Mizpah  Hall 

Land  for  Mizpah  Hall  School:  $1  pyo 

A  successful  school  for  Tamil  and  Telugu  children  is  con¬ 
ducted  at  Moulmein.  An  additional  piece  of  property,  to 
make  possible  expansion  and  to  prevent  the  Buddhists  from 
locating  a  rival  school,  has  been  secured.  The  amount  re¬ 
quested  is  needed  to  complete  the  purchase. 


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New  Trade  School 
Establishment  of  Trade  School :  $25,000 

Facilities  for  technical  education  in  Burma  are  everywhere 
inadequate.  The  government  is  greatly  concerned  as  to  the 
scarcity  of  men  preparing  for  technical  careers.  Furthermore 
the  training  of  artisans  and  craftsmen  among  the  rank  and  file 
of  church  membership  is  essential  to  the  development  of  great¬ 
er  self-support.  For  this  reason  it  is  proposed  to  establish  at 
Moulmein  a  trade  and  industrial  school. 

MANDALAY 

Burman  Girls’  School 

Residence  for  teacher  $4,270 
Normal  school  building  5,000 

At  Mandalay  250  girls  are  trying  to  secure  a  Christian 
education  in  a  small  building  and  the  basement  of  a  missionary 


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residence.  The  government  has  given  its  approval  to  the 
opening  of  a  normal  department,  and  will  supply  scholarships 
annually  for  twenty-five  girls. 

INSEIN 

Burman  Theological  Seminary 

1 dormitory  and  additional  land  $5)35° 

Open  air  gymnasium  joo 

Annual  7naintenance  of  institution  i  ,200 

Karen  Theological  Seminary 

Dining  hall  $5,ooo 

Dormitory  y,ooo 

Annual  maintenance  of  institution  550 

At  Insein,  Burma,  are  maintained  two  theological  seminaries 
one  for  the  Karen  races  of  Burma  and  the  other  for  the  Burman 
race.  At  these  institutions,  men  who  have  received  their  pre¬ 
paratory  training  at  schools  and  colleges  take  the  regular  di¬ 
vinity  course,  which  equips  them  for  service  as  pastors  of  the 
1,064  Baptist  churches  in  Burma.  A  well-trained  Christian 
ministry  is  as  essential  to  the  development  of  Christianity 
abroad  as  in  America. 

Electric  Equipment  for  three  girls'  schools  :  $4,500 

As  a  precaution  against  fire,  and  because  of  the  greater  con¬ 
venience,  it  is  proposed  to  equip  the  three  flourishing  schools 
for  girls  maintained  by  the  Woman’s  Board  at  Moulmein  with 
electric  lights.  The  total  cost  of  installing  the  necessary  equip¬ 
ment  amounts  to  $4,500.  It  is  estimated  that  this  means 
approximately  a  cost  of  $9  per  light. 

ASSAM 

GAUHATI 

Cotton  College 

Salary  of  student  pastor  at  Cotton  College  $1,250 
Annual  appropriation  for  student  work  240 


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A  unique  work  is  being  done  among  the  students  of 
Cotton  College,  a  government  institution  at  Gauhati,  Assam. 
More  than  six  hundred  young  men  are  enrolled,  and  for  a  num¬ 
ber  of  years  the  missionary,  W.  E.  Witter,  D.D.,  has  been  acting 
as  student  pastor  at  this  institution.  Through  the  kind  gen¬ 
erosity  of  friends,  a  dormitory  is  being  erected.  Here  is  a  re¬ 
markable  opportunity  for  an  American  college  to  have  its  own 
representative  at  an  important  educational  institution  in  the 
Orient. 

Girls’  School 

Cottage  dormitory  for  girls'  school  $500 

To  complete  assembly  hall  for  girls'  school  700 

The  flourishing  girls’  school  at  Gauhati  maintained  by 
the  Woman’s  Board  has  no  adequate  place  for  general  assembly. 
An  increased  enrolment  also  makes  necessary  another  dor¬ 
mitory,  which  like  the  two  already  established  will  be  built 
and  conducted  on  the  cottage  plan. 

JORHAT 

The  Jorhat  Christian  Schools 


Administration  building  $4,500 

Equipment  1,000 

Bible  School  building  7 A00 

Missionary  residence  3A°° 

Industrial  department  building 

(first  section )  2 A 00 

Machinery  and  tools  2 A00 

Hospital  12,000 


Assam  is  the  backward  province  of  India.  Less  than  five 
per  cent  of  the  population  are  literate.  Christian  education 
is  of  the  utmost  importance  for  the  physical,  intellectual,  as 
well  as  spiritual  development  of  these  people.  At  Jorhat 
Christian  Schools  250  young  men  are  now  enrolled.  Some  of 


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In  the  blacksmith  shop  of  the  Industrial  Department  at  the  Jorhat  Christian  Schools 


them  have  walked  two  hundred  miles  to  attend  this  institution. 
They  come  from  fifteen  different  races,  speaking  numerous 
dialects.  The  additional  equipment  mentioned  above  will 
make  a  tremendous  contribution  in  rebuilding  the  manhood 
of  the  entire  province  and  in  transforming  fifteen  races  of 
poverty-stricken  people  into  self-supporting,  educated  Christian 
men  and  women. 


GOLAGHAT 

Girls’  School 

New  mission  school  building  $gpoo 
Missionary  residence  S->°°° 

Dormitories  {j  at  $/,ooo  each)  3  poo 

The  women  of  Assam  are  greatly  to  be  pitied  because  of 
their  degraded  condition.  In  the  plains  of  Assam  there  are  as 
yet  only  two  schools  for  girls.  At  present  three  boys  in  Assam 
receive  a  Christian  education  to  one  girl.  A  country  cannot 
be  raised  above  the  level  of  its  womanhood.  The  girls’  school 


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at  Golaghat  has  secured  a  fine  site  in  the  center  of  the  town, 
and  a  new  building  together  with  a  missionary  residence  will 
be  of  tremendous  help  in  solving  this  educational  problem. 


;  i!it 

'  11  in 


Proposed  Plan  of  Gologhat  Mission  Compound 


Boys’  Primary  Boarding  School 


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Girls  like  these  in  Assam  are  waiting  for  a  new  school  at  Golaghat 


NOWGONG 

Two  Scholarships  :  $83 

At  the  Bible  Training  School  at  Multra  are  two  Assamese 
girls  from  Nowgong  being  prepared  for  service  as  teachers  and 
Bible  women.  A  scholarship  costing  $42.50  per  year  should 
be  provided  for  each. 


BENGAL-ORISSA 


BALASORE 

High  School 

New  dormitory  $4,000 

Annual  maintenance  of  institution  3,136 

A  well  equipped  high  school  at  Balasore  is  rendering  im¬ 
portant  service  in  providing  Christian  education  to  the  young 
men  of  that  province.  Many  students  come  from  districts 
far  removed  from  the  city  of  Balasore,  and  for  these  dormitory 
accommodations  should  be  provided  at  the  earliest  opportunity. 


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KHARAGPUR 

Service  for  English-speaking  people  :  $600 

A  large  American  and  European  colony  is  found  at  Kharag¬ 
pur,  owing  to  the  great  steel  company  headquarters  and  plant 
at  Sakchi,  some  distance  away.  For  the  sake,  not  only  of 
these  Europeans,  but  also  of  the  Indian  Christians,  an  aggres¬ 
sive  evangelistic  work  is  necessary,  in  order  to  meet  the  social 
problems  occasioned  by  this  industrial  community. 


SOUTH  INDIA 


MADRAS 

Dormitory  for  students  $7  poo 

Annual  maintenance  of  work  among  students  200 

More  than  four  thousand  students  are  in  attendance  at 
Madras  College,  University  of  Madras  and  other  institutions. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  L.  Ferguson  are  doing  a  remarkable  work 
in  reaching  students  through  the  hospitality  of  their  home. 
Their  opportunity  would  be  practically  unlimited  by  the  build¬ 
ing  of  a  dormitory.  There  is  no  more  important  work  in  all 
India  than  to  reach  the  great  student  population  with  the 
Gospel  message. 

VELLORE 

Four  scholarships  :  $320 

At  the  Woman’s  Christian  Medical  College  at  Vellore  four 
Baptist  girls  may  receive  a  medical  education,  to  equip  them 
for  service  among  the  women  of  their  own  people.  A  scholar¬ 
ship  at  $80  per  year  should  be  provided  for  each. 


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ONGOLE 

New  Roof  for  Dormitory  :  $400 

In  order  to  prevent  further  damage  during  the  heavy  rains 
in  South  India,  the  dormitory  of  the  girls’  school  at  Ongole 
should  have  a  new  roof. 

NELLORE 

Piano:  $250 

At  the  girls’  school  maintained  by  the  Woman’s  Board  a 
piano  is  urgently  needed  and  one  can  be  furnished  at  a  cost  of 
$250. 


BELGIAN  CONGO 

ALMOST  in  the  center  of  Africa  is  a  fertile,  elevated 
plateau,  drained  by  the  great  Congo  River  and  lying 
directly  across  the  equator.  This  region  is  known  as  Bel¬ 
gian  Congo,  having  an  area  of  900,000  square  miles  and  a  pop¬ 
ulation  variously  estimated  from  14,000,000  to  30,000,000, 
who  are  divided  into  numerous  tribes  speaking  160  different 
dialects.  American  Baptists  began  missionary  work  in  this 
region  in  1884,  by  taking  over  the  Livingstone  Inland  Mission, 
which  began  work  in  1878.  Heathenism,  superstition  and 
savagery  still  prevail  in  this  vast  region,  and  little  has  been  done 
by  the  Belgian  government  for  the  economic  and  moral  improve¬ 
ment  of  the  population. 

KIMPESE 

Annual  maintenance  of  the  Congo  Evangelical 
Training  Institution  :  $1^375 

Kimpese  was  opened  as  a  Baptist  mission  station  in  1908. 
The  town  is  situated  on  a  knoll  within  a  beautiful  valley  at 


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the  toot  of  the  Bangu  Hills.  It  is  on  the  Congo  Railroad, 
about  one  hundred  miles  from  Matadi,  the  Atlantic  port  city 
of  the  Congo  region.  Here  the  Congo  Evangelical  Training 
Institution,  maintained  jointly  by  American  and  English  Bap¬ 
tists,  was  established.  The  campus  now  includes  thirteen 
double  brick  houses  for  dormitories,  class  room  buildings, 
dispensary,  store  room,  carpenter  shop,  blacksmith  shop  and 
the  missionary’s  residence.  The  students  bring  their  families, 
for  in  Congo  the  family  is  the  greatest  influence  in  any  com¬ 
munity.  These  families  occupy  the  brick  houses,  each  apart¬ 
ment  having  its  own  garden  plot.  In  the  morning  classes  are 
conducted  for  both  men  and  women,  while  the  afternoons 
are  devoted  to  industrial  training.  After  graduating,  the 
students  go  back  to  their  villages  and  are  able  to  work  the 
ground,  build  chapels,  furniture  and  all  things  necessary  for 
the  highest  physical  and  spiritual  life. 


A  typical  primary  school  in  Belgian  Congo 


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BANZA  MANTEKE 

Annual  maintenance  of  preparatory  school :  $250 

MUKIMVIKA 

Annual  maintenance  of  preparatory  school :  $125 

SONA  BATA 

Annual  maintenance  of  preparatory  school :  $250 

TSHUMBIRI 

Annual  maintenance  of  preparatory  school :  $130 

Each  of  the  above  stations  maintains  a  preparatory  school 
for  boys  and  girls.  These  schools  act  as  feeders  to  the  larger 
institution  at  Kimpese.  Even  the  rudiments  of  a  written 
language  were  unknown  prior  to  the  coming  of  the  mission¬ 
aries.  The  natives  are  now  quite  willing  to  have  their  children 
educated  and  thus  secure  benefits  which  the  parents  were  un¬ 
able  to  obtain. 


VANGA 

Annual  maintenance  of  industrial  school :  $375 

Industrial  .training  is  of  tremendous  importance  in  Africa* 
It  teaches  the  dignity  of  labor;  it  promotes  economic  better¬ 
ment;  it  encourages  moral  character;  it  develops  a  new  social 
consciousness;  and,  above  all,  makes  possible  a  self-supporting 
Christian  church.  Carpentry,  brick-making,  farming  and  other 
industrial  pursuits  are  taught  at  this  industrial  school. 


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GENERAL 

IN  addition  to  providing  buildings  and  equipment  described 
in  the  foregoing  pages,  or  as  substitutes  therefor,  many  col¬ 
leges  will  be  interested  in  assuming  the  support  of  a  missionary, 
who  will  thereby  be  designated  as  their  own  foreign  represent¬ 
ative.  Although  salaries  vary  in  different  fields,  in  general 
the  salary  of  an  unmarried  man  is  below  $1,000,  while  that  of  a 
married  man  averages  more  than  $1,200. 

The  support  of  an  American  woman  doctor,  teacher  or  nurse 
in  India  or  China  involves  $650  per  year,  in  Japan  $700  and  in 
the  Philippines  or  Africa  $750. 

Where  possible,  arrangements  will  be  made  so  that  the 
students  of  a  college  desiring  to  undertake  the  support  of  a 
missionary  may  have  assigned  to  them  an  alumnus  of  their 
own  institution.  It  must  be  understood  that  such  an  arrange¬ 
ment  can  not  be  guaranteed,  owing  to  the  fact  that  so  large  a 
number  of  missionaries  are  already  being  supported  by  indi¬ 
viduals,  churches  and  other  organizations.  At  the  present 
time  missionaries  in  the  service  of  the  American  Baptist  For¬ 
eign  Mission  Society  have  received  their  education  at  the  fol¬ 
lowing  institutions: 


Acadia  College,  Wolfville,  Nova  Scotia 
Amherst  College,  Mass. 

Antioch  College,  Yellow  Springs,  O. 
Bates  College,  Uewi'ston,  Maine 
Boston  School  of  Physicians  and  Sur¬ 
geons 

Bowdoin  College,  Brunswick,  Maine 
Brown  University,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Bucknell  University,  Lewisburg,  Pa. 
Buena  Vista  College 
Central  University,  Pella,  Iowa 
Central  College,  Pella,  Iowa 


Cleveland  Homeopathic  Medical  Col¬ 
lege 

Colby  College,  Waterville,  Maine 
Colgate  University,  Hamilton,  N.  Y. 
Columbia  University,  New  York  City 
Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
Creighton  Medical  College,  Omaha, 
Nebr. 

Dartmouth  College,  Hanover,  N.  H. 
Denison  University,  Granville,  Ohio 
Detroit  College  of  Medicine 
Drake  University,  Des  Moines,  Iowa 


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Drury  College,  Springfield,  Mo. 
Franklin  College,  Franklin,  Ind. 

Free  Church  College,  Glasgow,  Scot¬ 
land 

Georgetown  College,  Georgetown,  Ky. 
Grand  Island  College,  Grand  Island, 
Nebr. 

Guinness  College,  London,  England 
Hahneman  Medical  College,  Chicago 
Hanover  College,  Hanover,  Ind. 
Harley  College,  London,  England 
Harvard  University, Cambridge,  Mass. 
Hillsdale  College,  Hillsdale,  Mich. 
Hope  College,  Holland,  Mich. 

Hulme  Cliff  College,  London,  Eng. 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadel¬ 
phia,  Pa. 

Johns  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore, 
Md. 

Kalamazoo  College,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
Knox  College,  Galesburg,  Ill. 

Lake  Forest  University,  Lake  Forest, 

Ill. 

Leander  Clark  College,  Toledo,  Ohio 
Livingstone  College,  London,  Eng. 
McGill  College,  Montreal,  Canada 
McMaster  University,  Toronto,  Can¬ 
ada 

McMinnville  College,  McMinnville, 
Oregon 

Mass.  Institute  of  Technology,  Cam¬ 
bridge,  Mass. 

Medico-Chirurgical  Medical  College 
Michigan  Agricultural  College 
Mt.  Holyoke,  So.  Hadley,  Mass. 

New  York  Medical  College,  Univer¬ 
sity  of  New  York 

Normal  and  Scientific  College,  Ma¬ 
comb,  Ill. 

Northwestern  University  Medical 
School,  Chicago 
Oberlin  College,  Oberlin,  Ohio 
Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy 
Ottawa  University,  Ottawa,  Kansas 
Pastors’  College,  London,  England 
Peddie  Institute,  Hightstown,  N.  J. 


Pomona  College,  Claremont,  Cal. 
Princeton  University,  Princeton,  N.  J. 
Shurtleff  College,  Alton,  III. 

Smith  College,  Northampton,  Mass. 
Stanton  University 
Toronto  Baptist  College 
Temple  College,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Union  University,  Des  Moines, Iow\a 
University  of  California,  Los  Angeles 
University  of  Chicago,  Chicago 
University  of  Idaho,  Moscow,  Idaho 
University  of  Illinois,  Chicago 
University  of  Indiana,  Valparaiso 
University  of  Kansas,  Kansas  City, 
Mo. 

University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor, 
Mich. 

University  of  Minnesota,  Minneapolis 
University  of  Nebraska,  Lincoln 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  Phila¬ 
delphia,  Pa. 

University  of  Redlands,  Redlands,  Cal. 
University  of  Rochester,  Rochester, 

N.  Y. 

University  of  South  Dakota,  Vermil¬ 
lion. 

University  of  Texas,  Austin  and  Gal¬ 
veston 

University  of  Vermont,  Burlington 
University  of  Wisconsin,  Madison 
Vanderbilt  University  Medical  School, 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

Vashon  College,  Seattle,  Wash. 
Vassar  College,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
Washington  University,  Seattle,  Wash. 
Wellesley  College,  Wellesley,  Mass. 
Western  Reserve  University,  Cleve¬ 
land,  O. 

Wheaton  College,  Wheaton,  Ill. 
Whitman  College,  Walla  Walla,  Wash. 
Williams  College,  Williamstown,  Mass. 
William  Jewell  College,  Liberty,  Mo. 
Woodstock  College,  Toronto,  Canada 
Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute,  Wor¬ 
cester,  Mass. 

Yale  University,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


